Six nabbed for smuggling, subsidised cooking oil worth over half a million seized


PUTRAJAYA: Six men, including three foreigners, believed to be part of a subsidised cooking oil smuggling syndicate, were arrested during an Ops Tiris raid at two premises located at the Sg Lalang industrial area in Sg Petani, Kedah on Sunday (April 9).

Domestic Trade and Cost of Living director-general Datuk Azman Adam said 31,000 litres of subsidised diesel worth RM579,050 was seized from the two locations that were used for storage and transferring of fuel.

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